Sony hints at the possibility of bezel-less Xperia devices in the future

Sony is perhaps one of the more stubborn Android manufacturers when it comes to design, with its rather large top and bottom bezels becoming a trademark feature of Xperia devices over the years. Now, though, in an interview carried out by Sony itself, the company explained its recent design decisions and also hinted at what may be to come.

Beginning with the Xperia XZ2 and XZ2 Compact, the team revealed that the implementation of the 18:9 aspect ratio was largely related to its popularity in the market, although Sony also noted that the larger display could enhance the experience of those who use smartphones as a communication tool. Nevertheless, the team was adamant that the best aspect ratio depended on each device. Take the top-of-the-line Xperia XZ2 Premium, for example. The smartphone boasts a large 4K display but sticks to the much more traditional 16:9 aspect ratio, the reason behind this being the smartphone’s overall use. Sony says it created the flagship smartphone with content viewing in mind and says that the adoption of an 18:9 display would have created unnecessary borders around the content, hence the use of a more traditional aspect ratio.

Moving away from its current flagship devices, the team was asked about the recent bezel-less trend and confirmed that they are working on possible designs, although the company isn’t necessarily in a rush. Sony is keen that its smartphones be both easy to hold and capable of providing a good viewing experience, something that a reduction in bezel size would impact. Additionally, Sony also notes that it would need to move the front-facing stereo speakers and the selfie camera if it adopted the trend.

Based on the experience Sony wishes to offer with its Xperia devices, the team seems clear that its newer designs offer the optimal experience at this moment in time, but as technology evolves, the brand confirmed that it will be adopting new features that allow it to evolve its smartphone designs without any major compromises.

Sorry to burst your bubble but there's no mobile phone display capable of showing full 10 bit color range in the market right now and that of course includes XZ2's display. "HDR" display on mobile phones are not even capable of displaying HDR videos in its full color gamut and range anyway.

And how about 960fps Super Slow-Motion ? If by your logic/statement applied to the world by now , XZ Premium and XZs wouldn't be the first smartphones in the world to have both memory-stacked camera sensor and reaching almost 1000fps in a smartphone that capped at 240fps previously and only capable by dedicated-camera devices only such as their RX100 IV . S9 series ,1+ 6 (only 480fps tho) and P20 have adopted this features a year after the XZP announcement proved Sony doesn't always stuck in the past , even they're sometimes late to the party .

While Qualcomm and another chipset maker could make one kind of a technology like Super Slow Motion at 960fps possible , if doesn't supported by the camera sensor or hardware , it still not possible to do it at all and vice versa . BTW , Even XZ Premium could record 4K HDR video (yes , XZ Premium from last year) because the sensor can . But since S835 couldn't handle it , it was cut from the XZP feature and made possible in XZ2 .

And XZ2P could be their last 16:9 aspect ratio flagship before waving goodbye to it and move on to 18:9 to their XZ3P or their next Premium moniker lineup. Sony had to use the normal 4K instead 4K+ in XZ2P , cause of black bars that could be distracting tho (explained in the article).

In real-life usage , performance tho ? Never underestimated it , ever . Their RAM management and software optimization is one of the best in Android world , if not the best of the best . 4 GB of RAM in XZP once could takedown iPhone 7 Plus and X 3 GB RAM or OnePlus 5 8 GB RAM . Just saying .

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